MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '20 at 15:44
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$75 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 403 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 67.6 55% 67.9 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 63 Splatting 53.8 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1300_MTFDDAK1T0TDL 1TB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 908GB free (System drive) Firmware: M5MU000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 351 415 383 420 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 434 Mixed 368 SusWrite 390 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 56.9 198% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 122%
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-256G-1006 256GB 3,659 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 87GB free Firmware: X2180306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 345 365 383 351 370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 381 Mixed 245 SusWrite 360 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 40.9 159% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 147 154% 254 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-011.A00G 9905625-029.A00G 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 33.5 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 27.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	822x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	633x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	309x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $594

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16